1753 May the 6th
All the instants are given in Universal Time, for the present date the value
of the difference between the Terrestrial Time TT and the Universal Time UT is taken as 11.94s
Longitudes are counted positively towards West and negatively towards East.
 Parameters at the instant of conjunction in longitude
| Conjunction on 1753/5/6 at 6h 19m 11.96s. |
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| Geocentric longitude of Mercury |
45° 47' 40.409". |
| Geocentric latitude of Mercury |
-0° 2' 21.08". |
| Geocentric longitude of the Sun |
45° 47' 40.409". |
| Geocentric latitude of the Sun |
-0° 0' 0.19". |
| Equatorial parallax of the Sun |
8.71". |
| Equatorial parallax of Mercury |
15.79". |
| True semi-diameter of the Sun |
15' 50.1". |
| True semi-diameter of Mercury |
6.04". |
General phases
| Phases |
Date and instant
in UTC |
Position of the contacts |
Mercury being in the Zenith in |
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| Longitude | Latitude | Longitude | Latitude |
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| Ingress, exterior contact |
the 6 th at 2h 14m 32.4s |
+119° 14.0' |
+18° 26.9' |
-145° 42.5' |
+16° 37.7' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 6 th at 2h 17m 35.4s |
+120° 1.6' |
+18° 20.7' |
-144° 56.5' |
+16° 37.6' |
| Least angular distance |
the 6 th at 6h 12m 49.6s |
-146° 40.0' |
-58° 30.5' |
- 85° 53.2' |
+16° 33.2' |
| Egress, interior contact |
the 6 th at 10h 7m 53.6s |
+ 50° 52.4' |
-33° 58.2' |
- 26° 52.5' |
+16° 28.7' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 6 th at 10h 10m 56.7s |
+ 51° 40.5' |
-33° 52.1' |
- 26° 6.5' |
+16° 28.6' |
Durations of the general phases
- Duration of the general transit : 7h 56m 24.37s.
- Duration of the transit inside the shadow : 7h 50m 18.23s.
Parameters of the shadow and penumbra cones and minimum elongation
- Semi-diameter of the shadow cone : 133.26 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the shadow : 113.70 R
- Geocentric distance of the edge of the penumbra : 115.41 R
- Semi-diameter of the cone of penombra : 134.96 R
- Least topocentric distance : 2' 11.493"
Geocentric phases
| Geocentric phases |
Date and instant in UTC |
Mercury being in the Zenith in |
Position Angle P |
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| Longitude | Latitude |
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| Ingress, exterior contact |
the 6 th at 2h 16m 19.5s |
-145° 15.6' |
+16° 37.6' |
+ 70° 54.5' |
| Ingress, interior contact |
the 6 th at 2h 19m 22.6s |
-144° 29.6' |
+16° 37.6' |
+ 71° 1.0' |
| Least angular distance |
the 6 th at 6h 12m 47.9s |
- 85° 53.7' |
+16° 33.2' |
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| Egress, interior contact |
the 6 th at 10h 6m 6.2s |
- 27° 19.5' |
+16° 28.7' |
+234° 23.3' |
| Egress, exterior contact |
the 6 th at 10h 9m 9.4s |
- 26° 33.5' |
+16° 28.7' |
+234° 29.9' |
Durations of the geocentric phases
- Duration of the general transit : 7h 52m 49.83s.
- Duration of the transit of the shadow : 7h 46m 43.63s.
- Least geocentric angular distance : 2' 18.561"
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Last update : March 22nd, 2004.
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